Learning Chess: Through Personal Development Training Pt 2
Knowing Who You Want To Be
By Mason Bolton III
Welcome back!
In our previous work, we constructed an inventory of your shortcomings as determined by how you feel about yourself. NOW, let us take a more expanded view of both you – AND of the person whom you want to be.
Phase 2 – Taking Inventory
OK. Listed very neatly on your inventory, is what lies between you and your goal of being a better chess player, (as based on an honest self appraisal).
The next step entails the development of two more lists.
The first list is a profile of what a solid chess player is – to you. What are their characteristics, strengths and – yes – their weaknesses – for even a master at chess has weaknesses. Sometimes, I wonder that the most distressing thing about being a top achiever – even a world leader with millions of loyal followers – is that at the bottom of it all – you are still human – and thereby still plagued by human weaknesses. But I digress.
Using the traits table from part 1 of this article – you will define your ideal chess player. That is – whom do you want to be when you grow up? Spell him out as completely as is possible and account for those things you admire about great chess players – and for those that you do not. If the table below does not completely meet your needs, add additional information as you require to complete your list.
This step really is the only way to obtain a comprehensive list of a chess player’s characteristics for you to take on. There is no one-size-fits-all chart that you can employ to nail down the “chess player personality”. The fact is that there are 45 million chess players in the United States alone – and ALL of them have different personalities.
Therefore, we don’t try to chase EVERYTHING that a chess player can be. Let us instead go after those elements of a chess player’s character which YOU have noted that you would like to instill in your own chess play. Just as you have your idea of a dream girl (or guy) you also have your own idea of a dream chess player. You are not attempting to become a particular chess player. Somebody already owns that identity. You are attempting to become the chess player that you want to be. This exercise will help you to determine what that chess player looks like.
Once you have that table ready – you will build your second profile. This one correlates your strengths and weaknesses to that of your ideal chess player. Use your self-honesty appraisal to note (with a check mark) those things that you feel that you and a great chess player have in common. Then, note in a separate list, the areas from your self appraisal where you feel that you fell short (having no check mark).
When you are done, you will have one list – with items that you know need fixing (as taken from Table 1) – and with items that you feel need fixing (from your own self-honesty appraisal). Both are equally important.
With that – we are now armed with the material required to build our wish list for building ourselves into the monster chess player that we want to be. By now, some of you are getting REALLY depressed about the work that you are being put to. If this be you, then there are two things that you should remember.
1. When these lists are made – 90% of the work will be done.
…and
2. You are building a plan – the most important part of any endeavor. Once you have a credible plan of action – you can, at least, anticipate success. Nothing is ever guaranteed to succeed – but embarking on a task without a plan is a sure-fire way to guarantee failure. So take heart. This is good work you are doing.
OK. Time to go to work! Use the inventory checklist from part 1 to help guide you through building the two profiles. Build your self-honesty assessment first, followed by your chess player’s personality profile. Compile them into one list of flaws that you need to fix as described above. Then let’s meet back here to build a task list.
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Anyone Out There Experience the est Training That Was Big Self Improvement System in The 1970's?
I was reading an article recently about the est founder and first training guru, Werner Erhard. I knew several people personally back in the 1970's that took the weekend seminars in LA at the closed Ambassador Hotel ballroom.
The people I talked to were all turned on to the training and trying to convince me to sign up. Although curious, I never did, but many baby boomers, thousands actually went through the training.
Now if you had a personal experience with est, how has it affected your life path now? Werner's goal for his subjects going through the training was to "get it" Did you in fact "get it" and have your still "got it?"
60 Minutes did a feature and interview with Erhard, and he apparently has disappeared out of the mainstream. Is he even alive somewhere, out of the US? Donahue had a few shows featuring him and many celebs such as late John Denver and others took the training and discussed the impact it had on their lives.
Anyone care to comment about est?
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Author is systems engineer and avid user of self help products for many years. Personal growth products assisted me to overcome years of negative programming, enabling me to escape the ghettos of San Francisco and to achieve the goals that I had set for my life. My motto now is “Believe – and achieve.” This will work for you too.
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Who is this guy?
man you travel alot….
call the jets or the Gaints to see if they can halp.
write your boss a letter, keep a copy.
Try to imporove your behavior, too. If you can change the things that your boss is asking you to do, then fix them. If not, then write in your letter why you can not.
Eventually you will get fired, and you may want to get unemployment benefits until you get a new job. Then you will show the judge (yes, you will go to court to fight for unemployment benefits) and you will show this letter saying that you are doing the best you can. Good luck!
all i can say is talk to ur coach about it
Holly….
Yes indeed…was really great meeting you as well! Love what I’m hearing about your projects and efforts…Stay Focused & be a Leader of Leaders!
Stay in touch…
Massive Success Always,
Jason Okuma
Jason,
It was amazing meeting you. Looking forward to a great future with you.
Holly Powell
life is a big test and congras on improving yourself, i learn things from people all the time, i watch what they do and how they act and self-reflect on how that might help me or others or how it can bhurt them/myself and i don't do it
My life has been onje big lesson
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The Government presents it's self to be the "Ethical One" however we all know different.. They are mainly lawyers remember..They have created a self serving system of ethics.. If you work for them and tell on them you are in trouble.. It is better renamed control..
Hit up the gyms around the area I know where I lived in Syracuse the gym was the spot to get some trainer info. If the people their don't know then they know someone that knows. Also hit up a football camp. Syracuse Orange hold one every year in the summer they have coach from the Big East show up and tell you what they are looking for. With your location your in the middle of some high class school Pitt, BC, UConn, Rutgers, Syracuse so get your tapes out to schools close by get your name out there.
Two of the best training programs you could find, are right there in your area. The SF SPCA at http://www.sfspca.org, and the Marin Humane Society at http://www.marinhumanesociety.org Both group classes are very reasonably priced for the quality of training you get.
Also Jean Donaldson, director of traiing and behavior at SF SPCA runs a dog training academey, a rigorous program often described as the Harvard of dog training. I have met many of her students are they are well versed and really skilled. You can find her certified graduates on the spca site mentioned above and there are lots to choose from in the SF Area.
For some immediate tips try out at http://www.pawstitiveexperience.com and go to my training tips page. Check out "jumping",, "polite greetings", "people empowerment program", restrained recall, "off leash recall, and loose leash walking" There are 45 tip there and I will be loading 5 more this next week. One will be on leadership and taking personal space. You can find the article and video at http://www.kohd.com then scroll to Khody's Tail Waggin Tips. The full two part series on leadership will be available on 3/2. Part one is there now with the full article but part two talks about taking personal space.
Part two airs tonight on our local news program and after that it gets added to the website.
…..A comnment? Sure. What participants were supposed to "get" is that the culture is "all BS" and you need to "get in touch with your feelings" and "step outside the box."
From the 21st century, all this sounds pretty lame. Back then, I thought it was pretty lame, definitely not worth the price of admission and going through the BS of est. But to people who were all caught up in pleasing others, this was pretty liberating stuff.
Whatever quacks your duck. I trust Werner invested well and is under the radar spending his wealth well also.
Howzit Bardi…
Great vid!
Hawai’i No Ka Oi!
Massive Aloha Always…
A lot of gyms offer boot camp style training. Golds gym has a good one.
i am not sure on how to go about doing podcasts but it does sound like a good idea. here are some other thoughts:
-email newsletter with content your current and potential clients would be interested in
-talk with local community collages about teaching a class for them as your students can also become your clients
-word of mouth as this is likely to be your best source of clients so get your clients to tell their friends and colleagues. you can use an incentive like a small dollar gift card as a thank you.
That sounds like a lot of crap you shouldn't be putting up with. First of all, she's not a friend. Period. Even if she's telling the truth about not being after you boyfriend (which she's probably not), she's still not a good friend to you anyway. You need to leave her before things get even worse.
Also, you may want to have a sit down talk with your boyfriend. He should have put a stop to things a long time ago. Ask him to put some distance between them until you destress. If he refuses, he may not even be worth it, either.
Can you help me with my question? It has to do with not-so-friendly friends, too. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803153223AAgs6kS
My best 5k in high school was around 17:30, and now I'm running as a freshman in college. My time in high school was OK, but not great. You'll be a sophomore this year. I tended to improve almost a minute a year in high school until my senior year, ad I started about the same level as you, so I would shoot for about 18:15 to 18:30 in August.
For a summer training plan. Run 6 days a week, and go for about 40 to 50 miles a week. That comes to something like 7 or 8 a day. I would alternate 3 days of easy, fairly long runs with 2 days of tempo runs and one day of a longer, fairly easy run, about 10 miles or so on the long day. Then take the 7th day off. That's what I would work up to. At the start of the summer, do about 30-35 miles a week and adjust the mileage accordingly, then build up to the longer distance. Around the beginning of August, replace one of the tempo runs with a track workout to start really working on speed.
Good Luck in the fall!
Well i work at an amusement park are there any near you? and they give me very flexible hours they are always hiring so thats a good thing…plus you can try a place like chuckie cheese or boomers too they are very flexible